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New Species of Spiny Clam Shrimps
May 6 , 2023
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- Scientists have discovered two new species of spiny clam shrimps or Spinicaudatans in Karnataka and Goa.
- They are genetically distinct from other known Indian species.
- They were named ‘Leptestheria chalukyae’ and ‘Leptestheria gomantaki’.
- Leptestheria chalukyae has been named after the Chalukya dynasty.
- Leptestheria gomantaki has been named after Goa.
- Clam shrimps are not clams and merely resemble them since their body is inside a bivalve shell or a carapace.
- They are found in temporary freshwater bodies around the globe, except in Antarctica.
- Presence of a spine on the tip of their rostrum is differentiates the clam shrimps from other crustacean families.
- It is a beak-like projection of the head.
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